Samsung recently unveiled three new Ultra cell phones at the ITU Telecom World 2006 event in Hongkong – the Ultra Messaging i600, Ultra Video F500, and Ultra Music F300. Let’s start with the Ultra Video F500 handset. This phone doesn’t carry the name of “video” for nothing. It is the world’s first mobile phone that has built-in support for DivX codex, along with MPEG-4, H.264, WMV, and AVI media formats. Its 2.4-inch colors LCD screen isn’t the largest on the market, but at least it does the job by displaying a bright and clear images.

Other highlighted feature is the design itself. The F500 cell phone comes with a dual faces, one side is the phone, while the other one has a large screen and dedicated multimedia controls. It also has a unique swivel design for mulimedia purpose, in which the screen swivels away from the controls to adjust the viewing angle or form a stand to place the device down.

Furthermore, Samsung Ultra Video F500 is equipped with a 2 megapixel camera module, a 400MB of onboard memory, and a microSD card slot which supports up to 4GB card. No words on pricing and availability of the cell phone yet.

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